Read More

At 10.30pm, Linda Carmichael and Richard Anderson were sitting in their car. Mr Anderson left to go into a shop when McCool approached the vehicle and said to Ms Carmichael: “Do you want to see what I can do?” before pulling out a knife from his jacket.

He lunged towards the car saying "you’ll get it" as the terrified passenger managed to get the window up and shouted for her partner.

On hearing what happened, Mr Anderson followed the accused in his car and challenged him, before McCool told him he had mental health issues.

McCool started to reach into his back pocket when Mr Anderson shouted to him to drop the knife - when McCool did so, the witness put the blade in the boot of his car.